A black man from 1960s Mississippi has gone north to make his way in life. After an interesting, somewhat successful life he returns to the shanty home of his childhood days. This music represents the times he remembers there as he goes from room to room of the empty house, each one offering a different image of a happy youthful time with family. Then he steps out and walks away down an empty dirt road toward a setting summer sun. What happened up north is an even bigger subject?